Combined mop and wringer



Ihvrrnn STATES;

PATENT @reina WESLEY MALIOK, OF GIRARD, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-THIRD TO JOSEPH M.

' FORCE AND HENRY O. YARD, BOTH OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED MOP AND WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming 'part of Letters Patent No. 290,187, datedDeeeinber 11, 1883.

f Application filedDieieemher 1 x 1882.4 (No model.)

full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y 7' This invention relates to the construction of mop-heads; and it consists in providing a neviT and improved combined mop headand wringer, togetherwith improvements in the head or clamp of the mop,` v

lMy device is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure `1 is'a plan view of the heady and wringer combined, the head being turned so as to afford a side view of it. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the device in use. Fig. 3 is a plan view similar to Fig. l, but shows an alternative construction of the head, and also of the outer end of the wringer-frame. Fig. 4 is a side or edge view of the outer end of the wringer-frame, and shows its form. v

The object and nature of my invention will more fully appear from the subjoined description and claims. f

In most wringer mop-heads the cloth is connected with both the head and the wringerframe, and as the length of the frame and its traverse on the handle must be limited to about twenty-four inches, (more or less,) and never more than about thirty inches, and as the mop is doubled when the frame is drawn up on the handle the amount of mop for use is very limited, generally abouta foot in length, and often less, while a mop for good effect should be nearly two feet long. To avoid the above defect I have provided means for allowing the wringer-franie to slip up in the loop of cloth and 4not double it, thus leaving the mop full length when the frame is drawn up on the handle. This construction is as follows: The

frame A, which is made of wire, .as commonly, has at its outer end a second loop, a, which is effected by bending the side wire inwand out 5o again, and securing it .by a link, b, or by interlocking the wire, as at b in Fig. 3. This' loop a is not in the'same plane as the'side wires,l but is turned up to one side, vas seen in Figs. 2 and 4, so that it lies on one sideof the cloth-loop, as seen in Fig. 2, and permits the cloth to slip easily through it. It has been attempted toeffect the above result by having 'a cross-headon the end of the handle slip down the loop of clothto the end, and, by be. ing held there 'during the twisting, effect the result'desired; but thetroubleis that-the cloth cannot be kept onthe cross-head during'the wringing, for it will work along and/slip over oneV endof the cross-headV to the side of the frame, and thus prevent the cloth from being twisted tight. been'forined upon thevcross-frame for the same I am aware that loops have purpose; but am not aware that .the loop has been formed by twisting the wire of the frame,

nor that the loop has been placed at an angle to the frame, so that when the mop is in use it will serve as an additional means for holding the cloth on the floor. Furthermore, by making theloop angular it can be used to scratch dirt out of cracks without holding the mop in a vertical position. Therefore it is necessary that the end of the loop of cloth be encircled byka loop of wire,ia, or other'clasp, and this should be turned up to one side, so as to allow the cloth to slip easily through it."

fVVhen the'wringer-frame is drawn up or pushed out, it should remain as placed, especially when it is drawn up on the handle. ToA

effect this, various devices have been employed-such as a clamp in the ferrule C on the upper end-of the wringer-frame, or a spring-'catch formed by a wire let into the handle at the point where the ferrule is when drawn up, or a kink or offset in the wire forming the frame at the proper point. I effect the above resultv very simply, as follows: Thel sides of the wire frame A are bent in from end to end, giving an inward bow or deflection, a?, and soa constant pressure of the wire A is kept upon the inside of the eyes d ofthe yoke D, and the frame will stay. put at any point,

and especially when drawn up.

I am unaware of any mop of this class in which it is not necessary to sew the ends of the cloth forming the loop together. This is often inconvenient, and when the mop is made of strands it is impossible, and many preferv IOO such a kind of mop. I provide the head on the mop-handle with a clamp, which will clamp and hold the two ends of the cloth as irinly as if they wereV sewed together. This construction is as follows: The clamp is composed ofthe two parts E', pivoted together' at e, and having jaws e e. The clamping is effected by the cam F, which acts upon a spring, g, as clearly shown in Fig?. I. Owing tothe fact that the parts of the clamp, duc to their smallness, are more or less i'rail, spring1 g is used to give the clamp a bearing-snrlace, which will give to some ex tent if the cloth clamped between the `jaws should happen to be greater than the cam-1ever can loch in place. Of course for the pnrposes sought to be accomplished any form of clamp can be used at that point. It will be noticed in Fig. 2 that I make the jaws E E open or loopshaped, so that where it is desii-ed to sew the cloth together the clamp will serve as a common loop-head, like L, for instance, in Fie. 3. There are several minor points ofconstrnction which I have improved. One ot" these is the mannerof attaching the wires A to the cross-head C, which is as follows: This erosshead is made of malleable iron, and as it comes from the foundry the clips e are open, so that the wire can be laid in between the two ears forming the clip, which `are afterward pounded together upon the wire. Above these clips are holes through the arm, into which the bent end of the wire enters. This is all shown clearly in Fig. 2; The fastening, therefore, consists et' the clips c and the bent ends of the wire entered in the holes in the arm.

If desired, the loop a may be made of a separate piece of wire, or ot" east metal, and attached to the frame. The side of this loop, which is turned up, as described, will often serve as a scraper to remove dirt from the floor, and if it should be made of cast-iron it could be so formed as to be better adapted to the work of scraping than a simple wire.

To overcome this defect 1 I am aware that frames of mops have been formed with U -shaped bends, but am not aware that they have been bent to a parabolic form, so that the crosshead can have a free motion between the end and be clamped at either end by the widening of the space between the sides of the frame.

That I claim as new isl. In a mep head and wringer, substantially as shown, a wringeefraine having a secondary loop at its outer end, as shown, which loop lies in a plane at an angle to the plane of the remainder of the said frame, substantially as shown.

2. The herein-described mop-head clamp, consisting of the jaws E P, pivoted together at e, and the cani-lever F and spring y, said parts being arranged to operate together, substantially7 as and for `the purposes set forth.

8. In a mop head and wringer, substantially as shown, the wires A of the wringer-frame, formed with their ends turned in, in combination with a crossarm. G, to which said ends attach by hooking the said bent ends into holes in said arm and securing them below said holes by clips c, substantially as set forth.

4; In a lnop head and wringer, the combination, substantially as shown, of the following elements; the handle H and mop device thereon, the ferrnle'C', with cross-head C, and wire w1ingeri'ra1ne A, with outer loop, a, secured on said erosshead, and the yoke D, with eyes d, surrounding the wires A, deiieeted to a paraholictorm. with convex sidcsfacing `each other, as shown. and secured to revolve upon the ferruleoi' the handlehead.

In testimony whereof` I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

WESLEY MALICK.

Witnesses:

J No. K. HiiLLooK, ROBT. H. PORTER. 

